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Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A State-Space Estimation of the Lee-Carter Mortality Model and Implications for Annuity Pricing

, 2015
In this article we investigate a state-space representation of the Lee-Carter model which is a benchmark stochastic mortality model for forecasting age-specific death rates.
Fung, Man Chung, Peters, Gareth W., Shevchenko, Pavel V.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Frailty-based Lee–Carter family of stochastic mortality models

Quality & Quantity, 2023
AbstractIn the actuarial literature, frailty is defined to be the unobserved variable which encompasses all the factors affecting human mortality other than gender and age. Heterogeneity in individual frailty can play a significant role in population mortality dynamics.
Carannante, Maria, D’Amato, Valeria, Haberman, Steven, Menzietti, Massimiliano   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Coherent modeling of mortality patterns for age-specific subgroups [PDF]

, 2019
The recent actuarial literature has shown that mortality patterns and trajectories in closely related populations are similar in some respects and that small differences are unlikely to increase in the long run.
Giordano, G., Haberman, S., Russolillo, M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling and Prediction of the Mortality Trend due to Accidents in Golestan Province Based on the Lee-carter Model

تحقیقات سلامت در جامعه, 2022
Introduction and purpose: Accidents are one of the main causes of death that impose a great socioeconomic burden on society. This study aimed to model and predict the trend of mortality due to accidents in Golestan province, Iran, from 2011 to 2020 ...
Alireza Heidari, Mohammad Javad Kabir, Sajad khodabandelu, Nahid Jafari, Zahra Khatirnamani, Masoumeh Gholami   +5 more
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Breast Cancer Mortality Trends and Predictions to 2030 and Its Attributable Risk Factors in East and South Asian Countries

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundAmidst the rising breast cancer burden in Asia, we aim to predict the future mortality risk due to breast cancer and identify the risk-attributable deaths for breast cancer among East and South Asian countries.MethodsWe used country-level data ...
Sumaira Mubarik, Rajesh Sharma, Syeda Rija Hussain, Mujahid Iqbal, Nawsherwan, Xiaoxue Liu, Chuanhua Yu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Racism and racial disparities in firearm violence: A scoping review

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firearm violence (i.e., interpersonal, police firearm violence) disproportionately affects racially minoritized communities. Researchers recently shifted their focus from race to racism to better understand the factors that contribute to racial disparities in firearm violence.
Daniel B. Lee, Lexie M. Contreras, Laney Rupp, Stephanie H. Cook, Marc A. Zimmerman, Patrick M. Carter, Katherine P. Theall, Riley Bennett, Julia M. Fleckman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Credible Regression Approaches to Forecast Mortality for Populations with Limited Data

Risks, 2019
In this paper, we propose a credible regression approach with random coefficients to model and forecast the mortality dynamics of a given population with limited data.
Apostolos Bozikas, Georgios Pitselis
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparison of Forecasting Mortality Models Using Resampling Methods

Mathematics, 2020
The accuracy of the predictions of age-specific probabilities of death is an essential objective for the insurance industry since it dramatically affects the proper valuation of their products.
David Atance, Ana Debón, Eliseo Navarro
doaj   +1 more source